Water Governance and International Co-operation: Lessons from the Cubango-Okavango River System
International co-operation on trans-boundary water systems has become an increasingly important norm in natural resource management, especially as climate change and population growth place growing pressure on the global water sector.
Lessons from Implementing the APRM National Programme of Action in Nigeria
The way in which the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) has unfolded in Nigeria – a key regional player with Africa’s largest population – offers lessons and guidance to other participating APRM countries.
Community Forests in Namibia: Ensuring Sustainable Local-level Forest Management
Community forests in Namibia are central to promoting sustainable and participatory forest governance and enhancing livelihoods in communal land areas.
Can the Bali Package Resolve the Doha Impasse and Secure the Future of the WTO?
Much of recent commentary on the World Trade Organization (WTO) has focused on the stalled Doha Development Round, the reasons for the impasse and proposals for its resolution.
The G-20 and Development: Ensuring Greater African Participation
Although South Africa is the only African permanent member of the G-20 group of major economies, the G-20 regularly invites the chair of the African Union (AU) and a representative of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) – usually the chair of the Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee – to attend its meetings.
An Agenda for African Business
Global experience in the last century demonstrated that it is possible for societies to move rapidly from poverty to prosperity. The past decade has seen growing hope that Africa may be on the cusp of emulating these experiences.
Chinese Agribusiness Entrepreneurship in Africa: Case Studies in Ghana and Nigeria
Agriculture is an important area of Chinese economic engagement in Africa. Since the 1960s, China has provided aid, sent experts, and trained African farmers.
Chinese Agricultural Engagements in Zambia: A Grassroots Analysis
Recent focus on large-scale Chinese investments in African agriculture has fueled popular misperceptions of Chinese “land grabs” and has overshadowed another unexplored -and perhaps more significant-phenomenon: the rise of medium-scale private Chinese farmers and rural entrepreneurs.
A Critical Analysis of Human Rights Due Diligence Processes in Mineral Supply Chains: Conflict Minerals in the DRC
This paper reviews recent developments in the human rights due diligence concept. In doing so, it highlights the challenges of developing and applying human rights due diligence processes in mineral supply chains in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the broader Great Lakes region.
Aid for Trade Vital for Boosting Regional Integration and Development
It is hoped that African countries will soon be signing a new free trade agreement that will take the continent one step closer to its goal of economic development.